Silver nanoparticles as potential antibacterial agents

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 8856-8874

  Franci, Gianluigi ^a   Falanga, Annarita ^b,c   Galdiero, Stefania ^b,c   Palomba, Luciana ^b   Rai, Mahendra ^d   Morelli, Giancarlo ^b,c   Galdiero, Massimiliano ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AgNPs; Antibacterial; Biofilm; Resistence

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

BIOFILM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NANOMEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOMEDICINE; SILVER;

EID: 84934897723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20058856     Document Type: Review

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